Dear SIG Members Following ARIN 34 in Baltimore, Maryland, the ARIN Advisory Council (AC) has advised that it will again abandon a proposal to allow Inter-RIR Autonomous System Number transfers. It¹s reasons are explained in the announcement below.
Of the 10 proposals under discussion, the AC has progressed one. Four Draft Policies were abandoned and a total of five remain under discussion. Regards, Adam _______________________________________________________ Adam Gosling Internet Policy Development Consultant, APNIC e: [email protected] p: +61 7 3858 3142 m: +61 421 456 243 www.apnic.net _______________________________________________________ Join the conversation: https://blog.apnic.net/ _______________________________________________________ On 16/10/2014 5:00, "ARIN" <[email protected]> wrote: >In accordance with the ARIN Policy Development Process (PDP), the ARIN >Advisory Council (AC) met on 10 October 2014. > >The AC moved the following to last call: > >Recommended Draft Policy ARIN-2014-9: Resolve Conflict Between RSA and >8.2 Utilization Requirements > >The AC abandoned the following: > > Draft Policy ARIN-2014-15: Allow Inter-RIR ASN Transfers > Draft Policy ARIN-2014-16: Section 4.10 Austerity Policy Update > Draft Policy ARIN-2014-18: Simplifying Minimum Allocations and >Assignments > Draft Policy ARIN-2014-20: Transfer Policy Slow Start and Simplified >Needs Verification > >The AC provided the following explanations for abandoning the Draft >Policies. > >Regarding 2014-15: > >"The following substantive issues were noted by the AC in considering >this draft policy. > >-There is outstanding technical work which must be done prior to >implementation which would allow RPKI functionality for inter-RIR ASN >transfers >-There would be a significant time delay on the full implementation of >this policy >-The implementation of 2014-15 requires agreement from all 5 RIRs on a >method to implement inter-RIR ASN transfers >-Cleanup of the 2-byte ASN registry at IANA is required before this >policy could be fully implemented >-There is significant work which must be done to implement this policy >amongst all 5 RIRs with limited perceived overall benefit to the >community, especially when weighed against other competing priorities > >While the AC believes that the limited corner case illuminated during >discussion of this draft policy is valid, it was noted that a valid >workaround, obtaining a new ASN in an appropriate RIR, is available for >all members of the community." > >Regarding 2014-16: > >"The Advisory Council decided to abandon 2014-16: Section 4.10 Austerity >policy update due to a general lack of support. The feedback at ARIN 34, >and on PPML clarified there is a desire to retain the existing >transition mechanism as it is. It also became clear there was a lack of >agreement on how to supply the austerity pool." > >Regarding 2014-18: > >"Comments on the mailing list and at the microphone were generally >negative and there appears to be community consensus against this >proposal. Points raised included: > >* Removal of needs-basis for a narrowly constructed set of constituents >seemed like a special interest pet project > >* There are other proposals in process for needs-basis adjustment that >appear to have more support. > >* A recent adjustment to allocation policy makes the minimum allocation >prefix length a /24 across the board. This has the side effect of opening >up direct allocations and assignments from ARIN to organizations which >were previously regarded as too small. > >* Concern was raised over the "this section shall be controlling" >verbiage." > >Regarding 2014-20: > >"While the overall policy did not receive support from the community, a >number of specific issues were raised that the Advisory Council believes >could be addressed in more focused policies. We recommend that the >authors investigate individual policies specific to rapid growth in >transfer requests and alternatives to the 24 month calculation." > > >The AC abandoned several Draft Policies. Anyone dissatisfied with these >decisions may initiate a petition. The deadline to begin a petition will >be five business days after the AC's draft meeting minutes are >published. For more information on starting and participating in >petitions, see PDP Petitions at: >https://www.arin.net/policy/pdp_petitions.html > >The AC is continuing to work on the following: > > Draft Policy ARIN-2014-1: Out of Region Use > Draft Policy ARIN-2014-6: Remove 7.1 [Maintaining IN-ADDRs] > Draft Policy ARIN-2014-14: Removing Needs Test from Small IPv4 >Transfers > Draft Policy ARIN-2014-17: Change Utilization Requirements from >last-allocation to total-aggregate > Draft Policy ARIN-2014-19: New MDN Allocation Based on Past Utilization > >Draft Policy and Proposal texts are available at: >https://www.arin.net/policy/proposals/index.html > >The ARIN Policy Development Process can be found at: >https://www.arin.net/policy/pdp.html > >Regards, > >Communications and Member Services >American Registry for Internet Numbers (ARIN) >_______________________________________________ >PPML >You are receiving this message because you are subscribed to >the ARIN Public Policy Mailing List ([email protected]). >Unsubscribe or manage your mailing list subscription at: >http://lists.arin.net/mailman/listinfo/arin-ppml >Please contact [email protected] if you experience any issues. * sig-policy: APNIC SIG on resource management policy * _______________________________________________ sig-policy mailing list [email protected] http://mailman.apnic.net/mailman/listinfo/sig-policy
